a98pmalcolm Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 hay people im pretty clued up when it comes to pc's as i build them in my spare time. i have a question for those windows experts out there as i havnt really done somthing like this b4 i have a genuine copy of windows 7 professional. buts its a copy that can only be installed and not updated over vista... so id have back hundreds of gigs of music etc... off my terabite hd but i also run a 250gb second hd for emergancys and extra bits (theres next to nothing on it) so i was thinking of installinf the windows 7 os on the 250gb hd.. but could i add short cuts from the orignal terabite hd and run programmes directly off it or would i need to reinstall the programes onto the windows 7 250gb hard drive? thanks paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Unless they are stand alone programs they would have to be installed on the new OS. Is the original disk one huge partition or have your separated the OS from the data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 separated the OS from the data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 ie, if you have a 500GB drive, it is one partition or do your have 60GB for windows and the rest for your data. I think it's better to take the pain now to set it all up now, rather then trying to muddle through with two installations. I'd also advise partitioning the drive as above, then if you somehow mess up the OS drive, it's just a simple reinstall rather then risking loosing the data too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 ohhh.... well my 1000gb hdd had vista and data. the 250gb had nothin on. iv unplugged the 1000gb hdd and plugged the 250 into sata port 1. puttin windows 7 on it as we speak... 1000gb hdd is untouched with all my data and the vista os Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 If the 1TB harddrive is a Samsung Spinpoint I would keep that as your OS drive as they are lightening quick. Even partitioned they are ridiculously fast. If I was in your shoes I would copy all the music, videos, documents etc onto the 250gb HDD and then completely format and re-partition the 1tb drive. I would probably go around 200 and 750 partitions. Install Win 7 onto the 200gb partition and then either move the music back into the 750gb partition or just leave it where it is and treat it as 3 drives. Once you have all your programs etc installed and everything running the way you like it create a backup of your entire Win7 drive and put it onto the 250gb drive (if the 1tb drive fails you can always get your 1st partition back. You can do the same with the music etc if it is really important and you have space. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I'm guessing the data on a 1TB drive won't all fit onto a 250Gb one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 That's a lot of music lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 If I was in your shoes I would copy all the music, videos, documents etc onto the 250gb HDD and then completely format and re-partition the 1tb drive. That's what I would do too, installing the OS onto one of the partitions of the 1TB disk, assuming you want to keep the 250gb disk as "spare" storage. Edit: just read Rob's comment. Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 yer i tryed backing it up on the 250GB but i need 400GB for my torrents, saved games, movies and music.... it is the samsung 1T but TBH i think for £80 im goin to go buy another T1 hard drive. i did get winows 7 for free.... I put windows 7 on the 250GB to test it is a loverly OS!! some programes worked some didnt directly off the sata 2 1T HDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creative Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 personally I would run windows on the 250gig. use something like partition magic to separate the 1tb into 2 drives and remove vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 would partitioning the 1t HDD now make me loose data? Basicly would it reformat the whole HDD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I thought you said you were "pretty clued up when it comes to pc's" ? As Creative said - use something like Partition Magic to split the drive and your data will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 I thought you said you were "pretty clued up when it comes to pc's" ? As Creative said - use something like Partition Magic to split the drive and your data will be fine. Iv never Partitioned before.... Didn't say i know everything.... And besides, everyday is a school day Ok thanks for the reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 just a lil update i partitioned 200gb of the 1t hdd and installed windows 7 on it like scott advised and all my data is still on ther 750gb. backed up the important stuff on the 250gb hdd anyway. just finishing it all off now. thanks all for the advice EDIT: Now merged the 200GB with the 750GB to make back into 1T HDD again, all data still there an all ok now running windows 7 and its a nice OS so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Go and buy another hard disk to tight git! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Go and buy another hard disk to tight git! So how much can you get one for... oh hang on, wrong thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted July 3, 2010 Author Share Posted July 3, 2010 Go and buy another hard disk to tight git! oi! haha 1250 GB is enough space for now everything has worked out perfect, even saved all my COD settings (i think thats steams doins though lol) Winows 7 all activated and i like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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